Larry Schlesinger, Financial Review

Larry Schlesinger

Financial Review

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Past articles by larry:

Carbon farming pioneer builds $130m cattle station portfolio

Corporate Carbon has grown its assets under management to $130m after adding the Holroyd aggregation in Queensland to its new Paniri cattle station business. → Read More

Vineyards to make way for lifestyle estates as grape prices fall

Riverland vineyards to make way for lifestyle estates as grape prices fall → Read More

16 football fields: Goodman begins building Australia’s biggest shed

Goodman Group has kicked off construction of the country’s biggest warehouse for wholesaler Metcash. → Read More

Farmland capital growth hit by rising rates

The latest Australian Farmland Index shows annualised total returns dipped in the latest quarter observed. → Read More

Billionaire cattle barons cash in on booming beef prices

Gina Rinehart and Brett Blundy offloading up to $1 billion worth of property, in a once in a generation change. → Read More

New Zealand family buys 200-year-old Tassie farm Vaucluse for $100m

The buyer of Vaucluse and its historic homestead is a trust controlled by New Zealand’s Spencer farming family. → Read More

The asset class that’s inflation and recession-proof: your local pub

In three years, sales have almost doubled to $2.2 billion. And it’s not just the flow of capital: values are rising. → Read More

ISPT pays $300m for industrial site bought for $512k in 1985

The Dandenong South site bought by ISPT could support a $1 billion industrial estate once fully developed. → Read More

‘No vacancies’: Goodman beats guidance as rents surge

Greg Goodman said rental growth was outpacing rising construction costs in its projects around the world. → Read More

Rising construction costs kill $165m Perth apartment tower

A 38-level Perth block won’t be built after construction costs surged 30 per cent in a less than year. → Read More

Hotel giant brings forward wage rise in war for talent

Around 2500 Marriott staff will receive a wage increase from this Friday instead of having to wait until October 1. → Read More

Hong Kong firm snaps up Hilton Sydney for record $530m

The sale of arguably’s Sydney’s best known business hotel sets a new benchmark for a single accommodation asset. → Read More

Regional hotel owners bet on long-term boom

This is why you’ll pay more for a room on your next holiday in regional Australia. → Read More

Super funds ready to lend to hotel investors as banks pull back

Hotel owner Jerry Schwartz told a hotel conference the major banks had abandoned him during the pandemic. → Read More

Drayton family finds buyer for Hunter Valley winery

Veteran Hunter Valley real estate agent Alan Jurd says much of the money coming into the region was from Sydney. → Read More

Winning ‘won’t be easy’ for the Coalition: John Howard

The former prime minister and treasurer says Josh Frydenberg did well to marry politics and economics in the budget. → Read More

NSW Riverina farm triples in value in eight years

Booabula on Billabong Creek sold for more than $15m, having last changed hands for $4.36m in 2014. → Read More

Online boom drives Amazon’s Melbourne expansion

Amazon’s latest warehouse in Melbourne’s north comes as its Australian sales almost doubled to $1.8 billion in 2021. → Read More

Bumper crop, high commodity prices lift farmland returns

Farmland used to grow annual crops like wheat and cotton delivered a 40.9 per cent total return last year. → Read More

Canadians swoop on Costa family’s grain powerhouse

Daybreak Cropping, backed by Canada’s PSP Investments, has bought Yarrabee Park in the NSW Riverina. → Read More